Sallies captures ninth consecutive title

5:28 PM,
Mar. 1, 2014

Salesianum's Tyler Dougherty competes in the 100-yard freestyle on Saturday.

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Kevin Phillips
| Special to The News Journal

Throughout the finals of the 2014 DIAA Boys' Swimming and Diving Championships, Salesianum and Charter School of Wilmington engaged in a back-and-forth battle for the state championship.

Sallies took the lead for good in the 500-yard freestyle race and held on from there to edge the Force by nine points (356-347) to earn the school's ninth straight state title Saturday at the University of Delaware's Rawstrom Natorium.

"It's nice to win the state title again. It's my third in three years here. It's pretty good," Salesianum's Robbie Dickson said. "It's about the school, and it's legacy. ...